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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

These tips might be helpful in preparation or at least analyzing what
and how’s of SSB. There are many myths related to SSB in market
never listen to them and take experts suggestion before you start

believing in something. SSB is altogether a different world, face the
five day challenge and you will feel it.

10 Reasons Why Candidates Fail In SSB

SSB is one interview where it’s very difficult to make out the reason for your failure. Only a deep
introspection can give you a slight hint of the reason. With the responses we get from the candidates
we have tried to evaluate a few reasons for the failure of a candidate in SSB:

1. Lack of Preparation: This is a major reason for failure in any exam. SSB is no different and
lack of preparation can be a big reason for your failure in SSB. Through preparations bring

confidence in you.
2. Lack of Confidence: Being confident can take you to great heights in life. Confidence speaks

volumes about anybody’s personality. The candidates who are not confident often hesitate and
get under unnecessary pressure.
3. Not listening with an open ear: The instructions that are given before every test in SSB are
self-sufficient to describe what they are looking for there. If you listen to the instructions clearly

you’ll get a fair idea of what the test demands and on what criteria you’ll be marked.
4. Lack of honesty: This is one major reason why candidates fail in SSB. If you can’t be honest,

you are definitely not fit to join the forces. SSB is about being brutally honest.
5. Being over friendly with the interviewing officer: The interviewing officers are taught to
smile and be friendly with the candidates. They just want you to feel comfortable so that you

end up saying everything they want to know. There are things which you would not like to share
with the IO. Being over friendly will only land you in troubled waters.
6. No self-Knowledge: SSB is one such interview where the more you know about yourself, the

more chances of success are there. A person who is not aware of what his strengths,
weakness, happiest and saddest moments are, is much like to fail. When you don’t understand
and know yourself, you can’t know anything better.

7. No knowledge about the surrounding: The surrounding you live in deserves your attention
as well. If you are not aware about the strength, weakness of your near and dear ones, about
their work/studies or about what is happening in your surroundings, you will be considered

casual in your approach towards life.
8. Dullness, non-enthusiastic attitude: A person who is cheerful and enthusiastic is liked by all.
Being cheerful shows positivity, whereas if you are dull and non-enthusiastic about things, it’ll

reflect negativity. You need to be excited about the tasks, it should reflect from your attitude.